Month: December 2011

I could not tell you the last time I played Hot Potato. It must have been forgettable. No surprise there. In recent weeks, I wrote a series of stories about a […]

I could not tell you the last time I played Hot Potato. It must have been forgettable. No surprise there. In recent weeks, I wrote a series of stories about a […]

Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and his County Commissioner compadre Steve Stuart put out a statement last week calling on Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler to back the Columbia River Crossing project. Well, […]

And talks like a duck, dang it, we here in literalistic Journoland want to call it a duck! Government, bless 'em, feels differently about this sometimes. So Stephanie and I put […]

Well, this explains why Clark County Assessor Peter Van Nortwick never got the email I sent him about the open position. I routinely exchange emails with county employees, so I didn't […]

Clark County commissioners voted this week to redraw boundaries to balance the population among the three commissioner districts. I'm not sure if people really care (or even know) which district […]

Clark County commissioners voted this week to redraw boundaries to balance the population among the three commissioner districts. I'm not sure if people really care (or even know) which district […]

Clark County Assessor Peter Van Nortwick was among the 41 people who testified Nov. 29 on a proposed 5 percent entertainment admissions tax. Van Nortwick was against the tax. He said […]

Consider me a Twitter agnostic, heading toward convert. I was dragged into Tweeting for The Columbian (SHAMELESS PLUG: @col_cityhall), after doing it for a while in '08 and quitting because […]

Clark County commissioners are considering extending a fee holiday that's set to expire Dec. 31. Commissioners Marc Boldt, Tom Mielke and Steve Stuart also want staff to estimate how much […]